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| The Secret Universe of Names |  | Author: Roy Feinson
Publisher: Overlook Hardcover
Category: Book
Buy New: $34.09
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Rating:  reviews
Sales Rank: 254,960
Format: Bargain Price
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 512
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.1
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.8 x 1.4
Dewey Decimal Number: 929.44
ASIN: B002HJ3KG8
Publication Date: October 21, 2004
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The Secret Universe of Names explains, in fascinating detail and name-by-name example, how the sounds of a specific name evoke basic, gut reactions and what this means for you and yours. Accompanying each entry is a short biography, with a photo of a well-known personality who exemplifies the name attributes, and a rating of their charisma, power and leadership skills, sex appeal, and career strengths. The Secret Universe of names is a book to give, to amuse and educate, to speculate about, and to keep forever.
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 VERY Interesting Read January 13, 2010
A Second Glance (USA)
Large hardback book offering quality printing on medium weight paper. Content offer insight into the historical origins of given Christian names while proposing 'typical' personality traits and profiling behavior through the researching of birth-names of oneself, loved ones, friends and colleagues. Great coffee table book or guest bedroom read as to encourage conversation or to solicit thought!
Great Book June 16, 2009
E. McAuley (St Petersburg, FL)
I love this book! It is amazingly accurate!! I haven't found a name in this book that wasn't accurate! It's a must have when naming your baby! If you want your child to be sucessful in life then you need this book! It also helps to figure out certain personality types as well!
The meaning of people's names - maybe June 5, 2009
Peter Durward Harris (Leicester England)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
It is easy to pour scorn on a book like this. Why should the name by which you are known have any bearing on your personality or your chances of success in life? And why, if you are successful, should it affect the way in which success manifests itself? The author suggests that the very letters in your name and the way in which they are said affects people's attitudes. He argues that every word we utter requires us to change the shape of our mouth as we say it, resulting in variations of facial expression. As a result, some names sound softer than others while there are other differences too. The author stresses that people with identical names can have different personalities, but suggests that they can still have some general characteristics in common.
After a few short introductory sections (totalling about thirty pages) discussing his theory and the research that supports it, the main part of the book (well over four hundred pages) looks at people's first names in what may be described as approximate alphabetical order. Because names are grouped together according to their basic sound, it isn't possible to stick strictly to alphabetical order, but an index is provided to help you find a name if you have difficulty locating it. The book doesn't cover every possible name but if you are interested in an English-language name that isn`t listed, you can probably work out which group it belongs to by understanding how names are grouped.
One thing I don't understand is why the first letter is critical in all cases. Katherine and Catherine sound the same when spoken, yet are listed in different groups. Where names sound similar and have an identical first letter, they are grouped together. I can more easily understand why it is more important to use the name by which you are known than the official name, if they differ. If somebody is generally known by their middle name rather than their first name, that's the one to look up in this book. More commonly, if somebody is known by an abbreviated name, look that up instead of the full name.
So Becky and Rebecca are different, although they have some things in common. Even more so, it matters whether Elizabeth is known as Beth, Betty, Liz or by her full name. Those names are in four different groups. Likewise, Katherine and Kate are in different groups. Patricia can be abbreviated to Trish or Tricia and the difference is crucial, according to this book.
In my case, some people call me Pete and others call me Peter. I really don't mind, but the r changes the sound so the two names are in different groups. I'm not convinced that either of the detailed explanations really fits me, but I recognize something of myself in each of them. Maybe the lack of a consistent identity explains why I don't fit either description.
There may be something in the author's theory, but other factors inevitably influence how people's lives develop. In the years to come, I may be able to come to a firm conclusion about the credibility or otherwise of this theory, but I is fun to browse whether it has credibility or not.
right on the mark March 28, 2009
Jesica (illinois)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Every name i looked up was right on the mark. i'm telling the truth because my name isn't the most flattering in here. i thought this was cool and picked out my son's name from this book. I would highly recommend it if you are interested in this sort of thing.
Great experience February 15, 2009
Jody O'Connell (Sacramento, CA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The shipping was prompt. The book has a different cover, but the seller disclosed that in their advertisement. The book is in great shape. I would do business with this seller again.
If this is not a review of the seller - the book is really cool too. It's like a horoscope based on your name. The author explores personality types & traits based on the sound of their name. It's pretty cool.
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